chequer | (noun) one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers | Synonyms: checker |
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(verb) variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns | Synonyms: checker |
(verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on | Synonyms: check, checker |
chequerboard | (noun) a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors | Synonyms: checker board, checkerboard |
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chequered | (adjective) patterned with alternating squares of color | Synonyms: checked, checkered |
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conquer | (verb) bring under control by force or authority | Synonyms: stamp down, subdue, suppress |
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(verb) overcome by conquest | - |
(verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: appropriate, capture, seize |
conquerable | (adjective) subject to being conquered or overcome | - |
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(adjective) capable of being surmounted or excelled | Synonyms: superable |
conquering | (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquest, subjection, subjugation |
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conqueror | (noun) someone who is victorious by force of arms | Synonyms: vanquisher |
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equerry | (noun) an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles | - |
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(noun) a personal attendant of the British royal family | - |
exchequer | (noun) the funds of a government or institution or individual | Synonyms: treasury |
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grotesquerie | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesqueness, grotesquery |
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grotesquery | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesqueness, grotesquerie |
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lacquer | (noun) a hard glossy coating | - |
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(noun) a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish | - |
(verb) coat with lacquer | - |
lacquerware | (noun) a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals | - |
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masquer | (noun) a participant in a masquerade | Synonyms: masker, masquerader |
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masquerade | (noun) making a false outward show | Synonyms: charade |
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(noun) a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party | Synonyms: fancy dress, masquerade costume |
(noun) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks | Synonyms: mask, masque, masquerade party |
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not | - |
(verb) take part in a masquerade | - |
masquerader | (noun) a participant in a masquerade | Synonyms: masker, masquer |
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quercitron | (noun) medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped | Synonyms: black oak, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina, yellow oak |
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(noun) a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree | - |
querier | (noun) someone who asks a question | Synonyms: asker, enquirer, inquirer, questioner |
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quern | (noun) a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand | - |
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querulous | (adjective) habitually complaining | Synonyms: fretful, whiney, whiny |
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querulously | (adverb) in a peevish manner | Synonyms: fractiously, peevishly |
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querulousness | (noun) the quality of being given to complaining | - |
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query | (noun) an instance of questioning | Synonyms: enquiry, inquiry, interrogation, question |
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(verb) pose a question | Synonyms: question |
reconquer | (verb) conquer anew | - |
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unconquerable | (adjective) not capable of being conquered or vanquished or overcome | - |
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(adjective) incapable of being surmounted or excelled | Synonyms: insuperable |
unconquered | (adjective) not conquered | Synonyms: unbeaten, unvanquished |
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vaquero | (noun) local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) | Synonyms: buckaroo, buckeroo |
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